Create Base Map

Click the Map | Surfer | Create Base Map command or the  button to create a georeferenced base map of your Didger project in Golden Software's Surfer program. The Create Base Map command opens the Surfer Map dialog.

 

Select the type of base map to create and

click OK to open Surfer with the file loaded.

 

In the Surfer Map dialog, select the type of base map to create. Available options are Creating a single raster base map or Exporting individual objects.

 

Single Raster Base Map

When Creating a single raster base map is selected, Didger exports the entire project to an image file and imports it as a georeferenced base map in Surfer. After clicking OK in the Surfer Map dialog, the Export Options dialog appears. The Size and Color, TIFF Options, and Spatial References tabs are available, allowing output parameters of the image to be defined. Once the parameters are set in the dialog, click OK. Golden Software's Surfer program opens and a single image base map of the Didger project appears.

 

Individual Objects

When Exporting individual objects is selected, Didger creates separate objects in a base map for each individual image, polyline, and polygon in the Didger project and creates one separate post map for all the points in the project. All the map layers are overlaid into a single map object in Surfer. The images will be exported from Didger in 300 DPI resolution (using the physical size under Map | Project Limits to determine the pixel count) and polylines and polygons will be exported as DXF files. Points are exported to a DAT file. If points exist in the project, the Data Export Options dialog is displayed. Click OK and the map is created in Surfer.

 

Due to the current nature of export formats, some objects may not appear exactly as they do in Didger. This command is compatible with Surfer 7 or later versions. If you do not currently own Surfer version 7 or higher, you can contact Golden Software for upgrade information.

 

 

See Also

Export

File Formats

Image

Grid Data

World Reference File